Terms of Reference for Hiring of individual Consultant to conduct Training with LSO Members on Proposal Development
Introduction of Taraqee Foundation:
Taraqee Foundation, a national level NGO, registered with Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) under the Company’s Ordinance 1984 and engaged since 1994 in different development sectors of Balochistan i.e. Health, Education, Environment & Infrastructure, Livelihood and emergency response.
Background Information and Rationale:
Taraqee Foundation has engaged with PPAF in implementing a project on Institutional Development in UC Saddar Muslim Bagh of district Killa Saifullah from March 2015. The project is mainly working with communities in five different areas i.e. Social Mobilization, Health, Education, Community Physical Infrastructure and Livelihood. The first phase of the project was purely on community mobilization and involving community to form Community Organizations (COs), Village Organizations (VOs) and Local Support Organization (LSO). Each CO will be formed by involving 15 – 25 household members and their office bearers will move further to form VOs and LSO. The community institutions also finalized their Village Development and Union Council Development Plans to identify their needs and its solutions.
The second phase of the project was initiated by meeting the requirements of Village/UC Development Plan. It was discovered that community institutions has to be aware with several social aspects which will support in resolving many other social matters. Currently the third phase of the project has been initiated which is the extension of second phase activities. One of the activities is designed for LSO members to get more strengthened in terms of an institutions and able to design proposal for mobilize resources. An individual consultant is invited through this ToRs to conduct training with LSO members for proposal development and design a proposal for most priority area defined by LSO.
Specific Objectives:
- To understand the LSO members about development of proposals its importance for resource mobilization.
- To understand the issues and its solutions as per their area and how it will be included in proposals.
- To understand the general requirements (information) and different templates of proposal.
- To understand the budgeting and other financial arrangements for a project and inclusion in proposals.
- To conduct exercises on development of proposal with LSO.
- To provide the final product (proposal) on one of the most priority area identified by LSO.
Scope of Work:
The consultant will conduct this training for 4-days with LSO Members to meet the above mentioned objectives. Consultant will guide LSO members on proposal templates and how to gather information for any proposal. Prepare a proposal in English on most priority area including budgeting. The training will be conducted in the field office for which TF will support to ensure the participation of LSO members; travel disbursements, food, banner, certificates and stationery for the training will be provided by Taraqee Foundation. At the end of training, consultant will be responsible to provide a proposal completed in all respect.
The methodology of the training would be participatory with use of plenary lecture, brainstorming, group discussion and any other method seems suitable for better understanding. Medium of instructions for training should be Pashto (Primarily) and Urdu (Secondarily).
Eligibility of a Consultant:
- Must have Degree in social sciences, management or relevant subject.
- Must have 8 years of experience with social sector.
- Must have 5 years of experience in developing proposals of organizations.
- Must have 3 years of demonstrated experience in developing proposals for community based organizations.
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
Deliverables:
- A proposal with budgeting (Product)
- Templates for different proposal formats in English and Urdu.
- Day-wise schedule of training with contents.
Contract Duration:
The assignment will be completed within 30 days after signing of agreement including submission of proposal. Expected dates of training will be communicated later by TF.
Budget and Payment Schedule:
- Consultant will quote the budget in Pak Rupees for his/her services.
- Agreed amount will be paid 100% after completion of sessions and submission of manual, handouts and reports.
- Applicable taxes will be deducted (For filer 10%, for non-filer 15%) at source.
Selection Method for consultant:
Selection of consultant will be finalized after scrutiny on the basis of following criteria:
- Educational Qualification (20 Marks)
- Total Working Experience (20 Marks)
- Experience in developing project proposals (20 Marks)
- Experience in developing project proposals for community based organizations. (20 Marks)
- Report Writing and Presentation Skills (20 Marks)
Interested individual consultants must send their CVs along with Cover Letter, and proposal for the activity highlighting the working experience session cost/budget on [email protected] by June 26, 2016 before CoB.